FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CLIMATE worksheet 1 Name__________________________ Date___________________________ STARTER Look at the weather symbols and answer: What’s the weather like today?________________________________________________ WHAT’S CLIMATE? Watch the beginning of the video “Basics of geography- climate” . https://youtu.be/95TtXYjOEv4 Which of the following definitions of climate is used in the video? Tick it. Climate is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place over a long period of time. Climate is the weather pattern of a region of the world over a long period of time. Climate is the average weather for a place over a period of many years. WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE CLIMATE? Watch all the video and write the climate factors in the same order as they appear in it. 1. The SUN 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________ 5. _______________ 6. _______________
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CLIMATE worksheet 1
Name__________________________
Date___________________________
STARTER Look at the weather symbols and answer:
What’s the weather like today?________________________________________________
WHAT’S CLIMATE?
Watch the beginning of the video “Basics of geography- climate” . https://youtu.be/95TtXYjOEv4
Which of the following definitions of climate is used in the video? Tick it.
Climate is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place over a long period of time.
Climate is the weather pattern of a region of the world over a long period of time.
Climate is the average weather for a place over a period of many years.
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE CLIMATE?
Watch all the video and write the climate factors in the same order as they appear in it.
1. The SUN
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
5. _______________
6. _______________
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CLIMATE worksheet 2
Name__________________________
Date___________________________
THE FIRST FACTOR IS THE SUN
Before watching the video, match the words and the definitions; you can use a dictionary.
the Sun
the Earth
axis
rotation
revolution
winter
summer
Watch the first part of the video (0.43 – 3.00) and check.
An imaginary line running through the centre of the earth from the North
Pole to the South Pole
Our planet
The source of all light and warmth for every place on earth
When our hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun and receives more sunlight
and warmth
The spinning of the Earth on its axis, the Earth makes a complete rotation in
about 24 hours
The movement of the Earth around the Sun completed in one year
When our hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun and receives less sunlight
and warmth
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CLIMATE worksheet 3
Name__________________________
Date___________________________
HOW DOES THE SUN INFLUENCE CLIMATE? WHY DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT SEASONS?
Look at the picture below and watch the video again (first part).
Now complete the answer to the questions above.
The Sun influences climate because it is the source of all light and warmth.
We have different seasons because the Earth moves around the Sun with an oblique
_____________ .
When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, it receives less sunlight and warmth
than the southern hemisphere and the density of the incident ____________is lower.
Consequently, we have winter in the northern hemisphere and _____________ (the opposite
season) in the southern hemisphere.
If December, January and ______________are winter months in Italy, they are summer months
in countries like Argentina, South Africa and _______________ .
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CLIMATE worksheet 4
Name__________________________
Date___________________________
THE SECOND FACTOR IS LATITUDE
Read the definition of LATITUDE and watch the second part of the video ( 3.00 – 5.25).
Latitude is the distance of a place from the Equator. The climate of a place depends mainly on
this distance.
Answer the following questions with the help of the map.
What are the names of the main latitude lines?_________________________________________________
Where is the tropical zone?_________________________________________________________________
Why is the climate warm there?_____________________________________________________________
How many temperate zones are there?_______________________________________________________
Why are the two areas north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle very cold?
What kind of climate does your country have?_________________________________________________
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CLIMATE worksheet 5
Name__________________________
Date___________________________
THE OTHER FOUR CLIMATE FACTORS
Look and listen to the third part of the video ( 5.25 – 7.11), write the factors and complete the
information in the table below.
FACTOR INFORMATION GIVEN
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It is the hight of an area above sea level. Generally, the higher an area’s ____________ the colder is ____________ . Snow can be found on top of high ____________ even when the weather is ________ in the valleys.
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In some places it snows or ____________ nearly every day; other places can be completely dry for _________ periods, with rain coming only in certain ____________ .(The monsoon season in India)
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Winds blowing from the _________ bring warm air and winds blowing from the __________ regions bring cold air.
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They can carry warmth or coolness from one ________ of the world to another. One example of this is the Gulf Stream; its______________ carry warm water from the Gulf of ____________ to Great Britain and Norway.
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CLIMATE worksheet 6
Name__________________________
Date___________________________
THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE ON PEOPLE’S LIFE
Watch the last part of the video (7.11 – 9.00) and answer the questions: